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Nuraan Davids; Yusef Waghid – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Students, through teaching and learning, must reflect on what they do not know. It is only when they recognise what they know, and what they do not, that they will awaken to their own curiosity. The more they can open themselves to others and their epistemologies, the deeper their own self-reflection in relation to others. In this way, engendering…
Descriptors: African Culture, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Decolonization
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Maseko, Neo; Stützner, Shawn – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2020
This article stemmed from discussions related to residence committee members and their role as leaders within their communities. The ideas presented during these conversations gave rise to a research interest for a conceptual exploration of collaborative and progressive social transformative brokering within a complex context. In particular, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Housing, Student Personnel Services, Social Change
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Evans Pim, Joám – Journal of Peace Education, 2018
Following the definition presented by Paige, nonkilling refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society. How can education contribute to bringing about such societies? As the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) called upon the global community to 'significantly reduce all forms of…
Descriptors: Peace, Violence, Death, Prevention
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Herrero Rico, Sofía – Journal of Peace Education, 2018
Paige (2002) affirmed that a 'nonkilling society implies a disciplinary shift to nonkilling creativity'. Creativity is indispensable in the search for peaceful alternatives for the positive transformation of conflicts, inherent in human relationships. Creativity can help individuals to think and act peacefully, to find different alternatives to…
Descriptors: Peace, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Imagination
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Gelot, Ludwig – Journal of Peace Education, 2019
Incomplete and insufficient university programmes in the field of Peace and Conflict Resolution have led to an important gap in knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) among peacebuilders and peacekeepers. In theory, experiential learning through problem-based learning (PBL) and simulations should be able to address this gap. This article explores…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Conflict Resolution, Experiential Learning
Meeker, Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This inquiry considers the role of emotions and conflict in education practices which align with social justice. The classroom is a significant location to learn and practice resourceful responses to conflict and to the emotions that accompany conflict, and can itself be considered a site of conflict intervention. This research questions how U.S.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Emotional Response, Teaching Methods, Feminism
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Shields, Richard – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2009
The sacrament of reconciliation has fallen into disuse among Roman Catholics. For the Holy See this signifies a loss of a sense of sin and reconciliation, rightly connecting moral consciousness and faith in salvation with sacramental celebration. Cultural studies underscore the importance of ritual practices as an essential element of religion's…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict Resolution, Ethical Instruction, Ceremonies